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SPIRES v. STATE

No. 2008-KA-00794-SCT.

10 So.3d 477 (2009)

Joel Scott SPIRES v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 4, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Justin Taylor Cook, Leslie S. Lee, Jackson, Glenn F. Rishel, Lisa Collums, Office of Indigent Appeals, attorneys for appellant.

Jeffrey A. Klingfuss, Office of the Attorney General, attorney for appellee.

Before CARLSON, P.J., DICKINSON and PIERCE, JJ.

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. In this capital-murder case, the defendant was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He appeals to this Court, asserting that the trial court erred by improperly dismissing a juror, and by refusing to give a "stand-your-ground" jury instruction. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. Joel Scott Spires was indicted by a Harrison County...

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